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Normal & Page View
These are the views that you will probably spend most of your time editing in (although some writers spend most of their time in outline view). This view shows you the page as it will be appearing when printed on a sheet of paper.

Normal vs Page View
Page View shows you exactly what you will see when printed. It has the paper edges, the 3 punched holes, and the text is placed on the paper exactly as it will be when printed. In page view part of the screen is taken up with the margins on the paper. The top, left, and bottom margins are all white space that has no screenwriting on it. Normal view is Page view without these margins.

Normal View
normal view

Page View
normal view